What do you think of the CVS Company decision to no longer sell tobacco products in its drug stores? How might customers respond? How might the competition respond? What does this show about the ability of individuals and corporations to bring about change by their own decisions without the direct involvement of the government? What other issues might be approached by individuals and companies without waiting for funding, or regulations to be decided by the government at any level, Local, State, or Federal?
Here are a couple of links to articles on the subject. There was a a great editorial in the Cleveland Sunday Plain Dealer by the Cuyahgoga County Board of Health Commissioner. That is the first link.
CVS and Tobacco
What do you think of the CVS Company decision to no longer sell tobacco products in its drug stores? How might customers respond? How might the competition respond? What does this show about the ability of individuals and corporations to bring about change by their own decisions without the direct involvement of the government? What other issues might be approached by individuals and companies without waiting for funding, or regulations to be decided by the government at any level, Local, State, or Federal?
Here are a couple of links to articles on the subject. There was a a great editorial in the Cleveland Sunday Plain Dealer by the Cuyahgoga County Board of Health Commissioner. That is the first link.
1. Terry Allen Editorial from the Cleveland Plain Dealer
2.Will Walgreens follow CVS?
3. Walmart Next?
4. Official CVS / Caremark Statement